by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253140504
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«La Secte des égoïstes» is the philosophical novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (124 pages, in French).
A researcher at the National Library of Paris stumbles upon the trace of Gaspard Languenhaert, an eccentric 18th-century thinker who championed a «selfish» philosophy. Fascinated, he abandons his work and follows his leads to Amsterdam; amid conspiracies and silences, the search becomes a journey into his own inner self.
Novel winner of the Prix du premier roman de l'université d'Artois in 1995, whose original edition was published in 1994.
A short novel with an intellectual backdrop, for readers interested in philosophical narrative and contemporary French literature.
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a Franco-Belgian playwright, short story writer and novelist, as well as a film director. His plays have been staged in over fifty countries all over the world.
